January 18, 1890

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Features

Torpedo Boat Tests

New York as a Site for the World's Fair

Notes

Photographic Notes- January 18, 1890

The Submerged Railway of Onton on the Coast of Spain

An Improved Carpet Exhibitor

Improved Portable Lamp

A Leak Stopper for Vessels

An Improved Straw-Burning Stove

The Site for the World's Fair in New York

Progress of Electric Lighting in London

An Electric Stenographic Pen

An Improved Suspender Belt

An Improved Fruit Drier

The Sherman "King" Vaporizer

An Improved Fence Wire Stretcher

An Improved Pipe Wrench

The New Astigmatic Lens for Optical Instruments

Departments

To Inventors- January 18, 1890

Departments

Notes and Queries- January 18, 1890

Business and Personal- January 18, 1890

Recently Patented Inventions- January 18, 1890

Index of Inventions- January 18, 1890

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